Italy sees virus cases quadruple in day as cluster emerges
(WorldNews Italy)

CODOGNO, Italy - The number of people in Italy infected with the new virus from China more than quadrupled Friday due to an emerging cluster of cases in the country`s north that prompted officials to order schools, restaurants and businesses to close. Many of the 14 new cases represented the first infections in Italy acquired through secondary contagion and brought the country`s total to 17. The cluster was located in a handful of tiny towns around Lodi, in the Lombardy region, said the Lombardy regional health chief Giulio Gallera. The...